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Victory at Sea

Victory at Sea: Tokyo Express Solo-Play Rules

Victory at Sea: Tokyo Express Solo-Play Rules

This solo play supplement for Victory at Sea puts you in command of a US Navy squadron, tasked with interdicting the titular Tokyo Express. The Tokyo Express With their isolated garrisons in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands under sustained attack by US forces, Imperial Japanese Navy planners needed a way to resupply their embattled…

Bolt Action, Bolt Action - Japanese, Bolt Action - US, Uniforms & History

Carlson’s Long Patrol: the Jungles of Guadalcanal

Carlson’s Long Patrol: the Jungles of Guadalcanal

On 7th August 1942, US forces landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida in the Solomons. Composed primarily of US Marines under General Vandergrift, the Allied forces attempted to deny the Japanese control of the islands and protect the vulnerable supply routes between the U.S and Australia.   Attacking under cover of darkness,…

Bolt Action, Bolt Action - British, Bolt Action - German, Bolt Action - Tank War, Gaming & Collecting, Latest News

Battle for Normandy: The Black Baron

Battle for Normandy: The Black Baron

Desperate to exploit a gap in the German lines and break the deadlock around Caen, British armoured units are racing towards the town of Villers-Bocage. If their tanks can punch through the German screen, they will be able to encircle the veteran Panzer-Lehr division blocking the route south – forcing them to withdraw or be…

Bolt Action, Bolt Action - Rules, Gaming & Collecting, Latest News

French Resistance: Battle of Vercors

French Resistance: Battle of Vercors

The Vercors massif is a gigantic natural fortress in France’s southern mountains. Atop the heavily forested plateau, some 4,000 resistance fighters declared themselves a free republic in the summer of 1944. With few access roads, protected by soaring cliffs, the Vercors was considered impregnable by the maquis defending it. The Allies had dropped hundreds of…